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The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
ISBN: 9780060525347 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic tension and breathtaking insight, The Genius in the Design is the remarkable tale of how two extraordinary visionaries schemed... The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormo... |
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64,68 zł |
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The Architectural Setting of the Cult of Saints in the Early Christian West c.300-c.1200
ISBN: 9780198207948 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From the earliest centuries of Christianity, the cult of saintly relics has been an important feature of the worship of the Church. This book explores the way in which church architecture has been shaped by holy bones--the physical remains or "relics" of those whom the Church venerated as saints. This is the first complete modern study of this aspect of medieval church architecture in western Europe.
From the earliest centuries of Christianity, the cult of saintly relics has been an important feature of the worship of the Church. This book explores...
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1121,61 zł |
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The Hindu Temple : An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms
ISBN: 9780226532301 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. For more than 1500 years, from the Indian subcontinent to the islands of the Indonesian archipelago, the temple has embodied and symbolized the Hindu worldview at its deepest level and inspired the greatest architectural and artistic achievements in Hindu Asia. In The Hindu Temple, considered the standard introduction to the subject, George Michell explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple. He illustrates his points with a profusion of photographs, building plans, and drawings of architectural details, making the book a useful guide for travelers to...
For more than 1500 years, from the Indian subcontinent to the islands of the Indonesian archipelago, the temple has embodied and symbolized the Hindu ...
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115,64 zł |
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Houses of God : Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States
ISBN: 9780252069178 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. A broad survey of American religious architecture, a cultural cross-country expedition that will be useful to travelers as much as scholars. Illustrated with over 100 photographs, this book provides a look at how Americans shape their places of worship into mulitfaceted reflections of their culture, beliefs, and times.
A broad survey of American religious architecture, a cultural cross-country expedition that will be useful to travelers as much as scholars. Illustrat...
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136,45 zł |
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Temple to Love: Architecture and Devotion in Seventeenth-Century Bengal
ISBN: 9780253344878 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. " A]n excellent analytical study of a sensationally beautiful type of temple.... This work is not just art historical but embraces... religious studies, anthropology, history, and literature." --Catherine B. Asher " A]dvances our knowledge of... Bengali temple building practices, the complex inter-reliance between religion, state power, and art, and the ways in which Western colonial assumptions have distorted correct interpretation.... A splendid book." --Rachel Fell McDermott In the flux created by the Mughal conquest, Hindu landholders of eastern India began to build a... " A]n excellent analytical study of a sensationally beautiful type of temple.... This work is not just art historical but embraces... religious stu... |
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147,28 zł |
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The Holy Place : Architecture, Ideology, and History in Russia
ISBN: 9780300110272 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book surveys two centuries of Russian history through a succession of ambitious architectural projects designed for a single construction site in central Moscow. Czars, Bolshevik rulers, and contemporary Russian leaders alike have dreamed of glorious monuments to themselves and their ideologies on this site. The history of their efforts reflects the story of the nation itself and its repeated attempts to construct or reconstruct its identity and to repudiate or resuscitate emblems of the past.
In the nineteenth century Czar Alexander I began to construct the largest... This book surveys two centuries of Russian history through a succession of ambitious architectural projects designed for a single construction site... |
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319,35 zł |
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Medieval Cathedrals
ISBN: 9780313326936 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An introduction to the medieval cathedral, those churches that are regarded as the greatest achievements of medieval architecture. Details their social history, who built them, how they were built, and why. Forty photos and maps help to guide the reader through a narrated tour of these awe-inspiring churches. When we think of cathedrals, we usually envision the great Gothic Buildings of 12th- and 13th-century Europe. But other than being a large church, a cathedral is neither a specific building type nor specifically medieval. What a makes a large church a cathedral is the... An introduction to the medieval cathedral, those churches that are regarded as the greatest achievements of medieval architecture. Details their so... |
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425,20 zł |
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Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
ISBN: 9780820349350 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Aspects of Georgia's unique history can only be told through its extant rural churches. As the Georgia backcountry rapidly expanded in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the churches erected on this newly parceled land became the center of community life. These early structures ranged from primitive outbuildings to those with more elaborate designs and were constructed with local, hand-hewn materials to serve the residents who lived nearby. From these rural communities sprang the villages, towns, counties, and cities that informed the way Georgia was organized and governed... Aspects of Georgia's unique history can only be told through its extant rural churches. As the Georgia backcountry rapidly expanded in the late eig... |
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160,03 zł |
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Chartres Cathedral
ISBN: 9780393314380 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Each volume includes all the necessary materials for the comprehensive study of a work of art:
Each volume includes all the necessary materials for the comprehensive study of a work of art:
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79,02 zł |
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Stained Glass : Masterpieces of the Modern Era
ISBN: 9780500513729 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Some see stained glass as the art of painting in space; to others, it is a way of transforming light into a play of colors and images. Stained glass windows allow the shaping and blending of light within architectural spaces. Color, texture, transparency, design, and composition are all elements that can be varied and explored to create new light effects and bring space to its full potential. The twentieth century, with its architectural revolution in methods and materials, opened up new possibilities for stained glass. During the last thirty years, a great many projects have been... Some see stained glass as the art of painting in space; to others, it is a way of transforming light into a play of colors and images. Stained glas... |
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171,72 zł |
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The Origin of the Mosque of Cordoba : Secrets of Andalusia
ISBN: 9780595423255 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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62,38 zł |
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The Dome of the Rock
ISBN: 9780674023130 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The Dome of the Rock was built in 692 C.E. under the patronage of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. It enshrines the Sacred Rock, literally the irregular highest tip of Mount Moriah, one of the several ridges around which the city of Jerusalem began to develop as early as five thousand years ago. The structure commemorates the Prophet Muhammad's (ca. 570-632) celebrated Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and his Ascension through the heavens to visit God, as told in the Koran and the Traditions. As such, the mosque has reflected and represented Islam during most of its history,...
The Dome of the Rock was built in 692 C.E. under the patronage of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. It enshrines the Sacred Rock, literally ...
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98,33 zł |
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres : A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity
ISBN: 9780691003351 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wrote, "I wanted to show the intensity of the vital energy of a given time, and of course that intensity had to be stated in its two highest terms-religion and art." Henry Adams' record of... This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Nort... |
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244,86 zł |
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The Gothic Cathedral : Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order - Expanded Edition
ISBN: 9780691018676 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming. The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming. |
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186,34 zł |
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The Mosaics of St. Mary's of the Admiral in Palermo
ISBN: 9780884021797 / Angielski / Twarda / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The text explores the iconographic and stylistic sources of the Greek mosaicists, as well as the departures from Byzantine norms, and the relationship of the decoration to contemporary work in the royal foundations. Also included is a chapter on the architecture of the church by Slobodan urci.
The text explores the iconographic and stylistic sources of the Greek mosaicists, as well as the departures from Byzantine norms, and the relationshi...
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337,26 zł |
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Yorkshire Monasticism : Archaeology, Art and Architecture from the 7th to 16th Centuries
ISBN: 9780901286536 / Angielski / Twarda / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Contents include: Anglo-Saxon and Later Whitby (Philip Rahtz); Antiquaries and Archaeology in and around Ripon Minster (R. A. Hall); The Early Monastic Church of Lastingham (Richard Gem and Malcolm Thurlby); The Romanesque Church of Selby Abbey (Eric Fernie); Observations on the Romanesque Crossing Tower, Transepts and Nave Aisles of Selby Abbey (Stuart Harrison and Malcolm Thurlby); Some Design Aspects of Kirkstall Abbey (Malcolm Thurlby); The 13th-century Choir and Transepts of Rivaulx Abbey (Lawrence R. Hoey).
Contents include: Anglo-Saxon and Later Whitby (Philip Rahtz); Antiquaries and Archaeology in and around Ripon Minster (R. A. Hall); The Early Monasti...
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232,62 zł |
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Yorkshire Monasticism : Archaeology, Art and Architecture from the 7th to 16th Centuries
ISBN: 9780901286543 / Angielski / Miękka / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Contents include: Anglo-Saxon and Later Whitby (Philip Rahtz); Antiquaries and Archaeology in and around Ripon Minster (R. A. Hall); The Early Monastic Church of Lastingham (Richard Gem and Malcolm Thurlby); The Romanesque Church of Selby Abbey (Eric Fernie); Observations on the Romanesque Crossing Tower, Transepts and Nave Aisles of Selby Abbey (Stuart Harrison and Malcolm Thurlby); Some Design Aspects of Kirkstall Abbey (Malcolm Thurlby); The 13th-century Choir and Transepts of Rivaulx Abbey (Lawrence R. Hoey).
Contents include: Anglo-Saxon and Later Whitby (Philip Rahtz); Antiquaries and Archaeology in and around Ripon Minster (R. A. Hall); The Early Monasti...
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191,44 zł |
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Medieval Art and Architecture at Gloucester and Tewkesbury
ISBN: 9780907307129 / Angielski / Twarda / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Contents: The Historiography of Tewkesbury (Eric Fernie); The Architecture of the Abbey of St.Mary at Tewkesbury in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries (Peter Kidson); Tewkesbury Abbey: Some Recent Observations (Richard Halsey); The Elevations of the Romanesque Abbey Churches of St Mary at Tewkesbury and St Peter at Gloucester (Malcolm Thurlby); Abbot Serlo's Church at Gloucester, 1089 - 1100: Its Place in Romanesque Architecture (Christopher Wilson); The Gloucester Candlestick (Alan Borg); Early Gothic Architecture at Tewkesbury Abbey (Richard K. Morris); Ballflower work in Gloucester and its...
Contents: The Historiography of Tewkesbury (Eric Fernie); The Architecture of the Abbey of St.Mary at Tewkesbury in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries...
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618,70 zł |
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The Romance of Canterbury Cathedral
ISBN: 9781406789041 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Beginning of the Romance - Invasion, Fire and Murder - From Crypt to ''Glorious Choir'' - The Men of the Three- Fold Rule - A Dark Night and a Dark Deed - a Catherdral in Flames - Crusaders and Pilgrims - The Nation's Hero - Kings and Archbishops - Princess Elizabeth of York - A Twentieth Century Pilgrimage
The Beginning of the Romance - Invasion, Fire and Murder - From Crypt to ''Glorious Choir'' - The Men of the Three- Fold Rule - A Dark Night and a Dar...
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125,80 zł |
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French Cathedrals : Monasteries and Abbeys and Sacred Sites of France
ISBN: 9781410206756 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Discusses the architecture, restoration and history of the cathedrals of France with 183 pictures by Joseph Pennell. Floor plans and diagrams of the cathedrals are included.Joseph Pennell was born in 1857 and died in 1926. He began his work as an illustrator by selling drawings of south Philadelphia to Scribner's Monthly in 1881. In addition to his extensive sketches of American cities, he went to the Panama Canal and sketched a number of construction sites. He taught etching at the Arts Students' league in New York, wrote several books, served as an art critic on the Brooklyn Eagle, and...
Discusses the architecture, restoration and history of the cathedrals of France with 183 pictures by Joseph Pennell. Floor plans and diagrams of the c...
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127,13 zł |